After releasing a reference track of Drake’s “10 Bands” song Wednesday (July 22), Funkmaster Flex says he has additional Drake reference tracks.
“There are 3 more reference tracks…. That niggas “collaborated” on!!!!” Funkmaster Flex wrote on Twitter yesterday (July 24).
Whether or not Drake writes his lyrics became an issue Tuesday (July 21) when Meek Mill claimed that Drake didn’t write his material.
While many fans on Titter claim that Funkmaster Flex is unfairly targeting Drake, the New York radio station Hot 97 radio personality says that is not the case.
“This ain’t about Meek or Drake… This is about an art!” he wrote yesterday. “If Jay or Nas had a reference track I would feel and act the same way.”
In other tweets, Funkmaster Flex says that he does not have a problem with artists working with others on their material.
“Nigga nobody got a problem with “collaborating” or “ghostwriting” DONT FRONT LIKE U DO!!!! @DRAKE,” Funkmaster Flex also wrote on Twitter yesterday.
The radio personality then said other highly regarded rappers do not have reference tracks floating around.
“Jay, Nas, Pac, Big, Em, Kendrick and J.cole don’t have 4 fucking reference tracks of a nigga doing his verse!!!!!! @Drake,” Funkmaster Flex wrote.
Funkmaster Flex’s tweets are as follows:
For additional Funkmaster Flex, Drake and Meek Mill coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
LMAO IT’S OVER DRIZZY, THE JIG IS UP!
More like wankster!!!!!! Lmao!!!!
I hear Mister Cee suckin on Funk Flex dick
*drops bomb*
Lol flex can’t even interview properly nigga! Calm down drakes been having the same sound and rhymes for years and is second to only eminent in hip hop sales and impact this past while. If dude was ghostwriting for him you can believe he would auctioning off his skills about two years ago at least and someone would have paid. Idiots
Get em flex! Haha. Originality is what matters. Not copying a track that’s already been laid out for you. Same shit that game did with documentary. No doubt drake can write tho because u don’t get to his position and stay there this long if you can’t…
Real niggaz back in style….tired of all this pop fuckery shit that been going on in the game the past few years
If this is what resulted, that would be great, but you know as well as I do that it’s not. The people saying that it doesn’t matter are right simply because all of your favorite rappers aren’t saying shit. They make pop songs now. Which one of them put out a radio single that actually says anything besides some more bragging, I fuck hoes, I have this much money, etc? The majors bought out all the independent labels and control this shit. This is the urban/black pop division of the 3 major labels now.
This has been the most exciting month in hiphop, in a long time. Drake got exposed for using ghostwriters, Action Bronson got checked for talking shit about Ghost and biting, 50 Cent has to pay Rick Ross’ baby mother 7 Million, plus he’s bankrupt and owes 30Million+. lol I love it. Even though the actual music is dead, this shit is still very entertaining.
Yea… How exciting… btw, That are you doing with your life?
Fuunk Master flex is a lame with no real skills. Piggybacc hustler
That’s how it starts. The fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men……. cruel…..
Look at all the drake stans saying it doesn’t matter..lol…drake is no different than vanilla ice or iggy. I bet it was stakes white side that used ghost writers..lol..it’s over for drake. This dude has a campaign with sprite acting like he is a legend..lol…he can still be like diddy he just won’t be considered goat or mentioned.women will be ok with it but dudes aren’t.
You’re a lame for comparing drake and iggy. You sound stupid, sit down idiot…
Drake is exactly like Iggy. Fake black American accent, ghost written lyrics, overly sensitive. He’s fake and corny.
Can someone explain exactly what a reference track is?
A reference track is a incomplete or completed song performed by another vocalist. I’m guessing that instrumentals can also serve as reference if other producers re-work the original. Many artists of different musical genres (including pop and r&b) are sent reference tracks in the hopes that the artist and/or label purchase the songs or give the originator(s) credit. The artist simply duplicates the vocal performance. This is why many songs of top tier pop acts like Britney, Katy Perry and sometimes Rihanna sound similar. The practice likely is less prevalent in rap as most fans expect the artists to write their own material.
What’s crazy is that if you go on other websites writers and editors are rewriting the rules or defending drake. Its crazy how much hip hop has changed. You have editors saying hip hop always uses ghost writers or hip hop was never an original art form. What kind of fuckery is going on? Next thing you know a gay hip hop artist will be on top of the game and they will say hip hop has always been gay…smh..I feel like an old head and I’m only 26!!!! The game is crazy now. Hip hop for me has always been about expressing yourself with honest words about your life,life style or what you are about using the words for within you!!!!!! Hip hop isn’t a style you put on and take off. Its inside you. Drake literally put on the hip hop cloths and said..hmmmmmm I think I’m gonna go be a rapper now. Drake is a culture vulture! No if ands or buts about it.
How is he different from iggy? Vanilla ice?
Please someone enlighten me.
Bruh, I was with you until like your last two lines smh. This has nothing to do with race, so how you bring that up? Even if you didn’t explicitly say it, you implied it. I’m black, and I appreciated hip hop with blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics growing up.
“hiphop clothes” pahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaa
lol I’m also 26 and I feel the same way. As Drake’s ghostwriter said, “I’m way too young to be feeling this old”. Hiphop has changed so much in such a short amount of time. In the 2000’s people would have never let this nonsense slide. I feel like certain artists have just brainwashed people into loving them. Drake’s fans are like a cult or something, 50 Cent is another one. They could probably shoot their mom and up and their fans would be like “she deserved it”. Drake always was a big hiphop fan, and he had some money, so he decided to buy himself a rap career. Point blank. He is a culture culture and anyone who makes excuses for him must be either female or teenager.
Race Has Nothing To Do With Being A Culture Vulture.
Dr dre,puff daddy and etc have people to write they songs there whole carrer nobody said shit about that
Dre is a producer, Puff is a businessman. Weak examples.
@youngin,
A reference track is when some artist makes a song and sends it to another artist. A lot of rnb artist like beyonce are sent reference tracks and sometimes they copy it word for word or they change things up. Beyonce can do that because singers have great voices and add A lot to the record. Hip hop artist can’t do that because in hip hop it’s competitive and you are competing to be the best and you use your own words to tell your life story.
@mike hunt,
Saying I’m an idiot just proves you are butt hurt:(.. I bet drake was your fave:)..lol
Two observations: 1. Jojuliz88 needs a life. 2. Instead of using his platform to raise awareness about Sandra Bland he is self-promoting and trying to take another man down. It isn’t even about Drake at this point. He’s making it about him bringing back “real hip-hop”. smh, dude is a straight scumbag, must be bad master cee ain’t return his call…..
remember all the reference tracks that were floating around for Detox?!? lol What about all the writers on Jay Z’s MCHG album?!? ya mofoz need to sit back and relax!!Ya trippin for nothing!!
Dre’s a producer first, rapper second. His albums are more like collaboration albums, so of course other people will be writing his songs. On Jay’s Magna Carta, there are many producers and guest vocalists, so of course they’re names are going to get credited. Doesn’t mean they wrote Jay’s shit.
dre a producer
Get em, Flex! Expose this fraud. This is Hip-Hop, we ain’t havin none of that reference track, let me use your melody, harmonies and lyrics bull$hit. Drake can never be mentioned with the greats at this point. King Kunta tried to warn yall. It’s OVOR.
facts
I think we can all agree @alfred has the best comment of the day!!!! BVS!
Drake stans are on suicide watch lol. Get ready, you’re gonna have to defend your favorite rapper for the rest of your lives cuz this definitely isn’t going away anytime soon. It feels like Christmas in Hip-Hop right now!
This dumbass. Nas has had reference tracks.
I would love to hear it then…bad has NEVER had a reference track…don’t be mad cuz ur favorite fake ass rapper has been exposed..
No he hasn’t. lol
Drake shoulda been Banned from rap when he came out forestalling from a black berry…I think that came from Flex’s show right? IDK but to me he lost his credibility when he took a whole verse from Rappin 4tay. It took MONTHS of 4tay to protest Drake until $tay got paid and credited. Hip Hop gave Drake too many chances.
Freestyling***
Jojuliz88 be kiiling yall ni66a’s period
I’m wit Flex on this. But to play Devil’s Advocate, Dre has mad reference tracks. He’s pretty great
dre a producer
damn i like drake but if he dont write his own shit then thats a terrible look.. i mean it wont mean much to the bitchs bc they dont care..but to hiphop world.. damn
I dont care who writes Drakes shit. I still like his songs regsedless
The fact that people are saying “diddy does it too” shows how much creditbility drake has lost… Crazy how things can change fast in hip hop. So far gone was my isssshhhhhh. I now listen to it with a new ear cause it wasn’t him. Its ok drake will be a pop artist now that’s not taken serious like Kathy Perry or iggy. Remember when diddy smacked drake and reports came out that it was all over 0 to 100 track and then that producer said he wrote it and sold it to drake? I guess diddy was mad cause that reference track drake stole from him…lol…two karaoke “artist” fighting over a track..lol
LMAO @ two karaoke artists! You killin these Drake stans today!
“I can dig rappin’
But a rapper with a ghost writer? What the fuck happened?
(Oh no!)
I swore I wouldn’t tell
But most of y’all sharing bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell
(A two man cell?)
Somethin’s in the water
And if I gotta brown nose for some gold
Then I’d rather be a bum than a motherfuckin’ baller”
You Sir, just won the Internet today!! #ToPimpThemButterFlies
Check!!
Funk flex is corny…he dissing drake right now…then his next album will come out and he will be right back on his sack…..as for this ghostwriting thing…who the hell took drake serious as a rapper???…hearing this didn’t surprise me one bit…never been that big of a fan of the guy but this shouldn’t change how you view him unless your a Stan who thinks he’s the best MC in the game…which is laughable
Tellem why you mad son. -Mad Rapper
These cats are so fake if you aint right yo shit then admit that rem eazy said icecube right the rymes i say jay wrote still dre and these cats r icons
Drake ain’t shit. If this is true…then he and Iggy are equals now.
Kendrick wrote it yall should listen “king Kunta” shit don’t chang until u get up and wash ur Ass
Downloading King Kunta
(IYRTITL)Drake-Know Youself “Pray The Fakes Get ExPosed” That’s what he said/wrote well I guess that’s what his ghost writter wrote
I’m seriously considering retiring my name. I can’t defend Drake no more. I’ll still listen to his music, because he makes dope music, with the help of others, but you can’t parade around in hip-hop like you’re one of the greats and use reference tracks. And the lyrics in these tracks aren’t even close to be being Drake’s best, which makes it even more weird. It’s different for people like Timbaland and Dr. Dre, who are producers first. Nobody lists them as their favorite emcees because nobody really considers them to be emcees. Drake doesn’t even produce, 40 and Boi-1da produce the majority of his stuff and help to create Drake’s sound. They probably write too! Shoutouts to 40 btw.
Retire my dude. Its gonna be another drake in ten yrs.
yo “mr. champagne papi life,” yous a bitch homie!!!! we don’t want any fair weather fans like you up here in the 6 anyways so you already know you ain’t welcome!!!! yall enjoy this moment while it lasts cuz the 6 god drizzy will be back in due time with another NUMBER ONE ALBUM!!!! we will win the war while yall worried about trivial battles!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!! ANY OF YOU FUCKBOYYSSS WANNA TEST PLEASE COME TO THE 6 AND SEE HOW WE LIVE!!!!!! THIS BEEN WHERE YOU FIND US AT!!!!! OVO XO ALL DAY WIT MY WOES!!!!!
Deep breaths, OVO stan.
Wrong timing Flex.. If u had em “reference tracks” why dnt you release 2 ers ago?? … Talk too much.. More than Mr Minaj..
Tryn get attention from the situation!!
when kia shine said he co-wrote best i ever had you youngin’s couldn’t believe it then, said the same things you typed today, so flex releasing a reference track at whatever time doesn’t hide how naive u are just because it’s some rapper person u like
People are really surprised by this? Seriously….?!?!?! Drake….come on now. Pretty much like being surprised Katy Perry doesn’t write her own lyrics.
So was it Quentin Miller or Aubrey Graham who was runnin’ thru the six with their woes? Because that actually does sound like some gay shit that Drake would come up with.
What you mean come to the 6 see how yall live toronto aint voilent so stop it you come to north memphis and see how we live
haters…relax…drake is a legend..drake writes his shit, he collaborated…big mothafuckin deal…hiphop heads be ridiculous…are beastie boys legends? cuz run dmc ghostwrote some of their shit – well known…how about run dmc? ll cool j wrote some of their shit. how about odb? half his shit was written by gza/rza. drake is on everyone’s target from day one but most haters hate his no-talent lyrics anyways… so why do u fuckers care?
@teah,
Keep sipping that sprite lame. No matter how you try to spin it he won’t be a legend. He is beyonce now as in a pop artist. That’s his competition now. He better start learning how to dance to compete with that..lol…Kendrick and Cole going for that thrown! People will now see drake as ja rule as in he was super popular and BAM!!!! When you mention him in the barber shop you get laughed out that mother fucka!
loool gtfoh Drake will be a legend cuz the NUMBERS will make him a legend.
I with ole boy bout Da m town come 2 Da Hyde park area or any north memphis area and see how niggas in Da mempho live shout out 2 smokey city new chicago frayser aka Da bay Hollywood stand up Da 6 ain’t bout it
Stop it Flex… DMC wrote ALL the rhymes, RUN didnt write anything… does that diminish the legacy of RUN DMC?? does that make RUN less of a talent? Big Daddy Kane wrote Biz Markie’s Rhymes early on… does that mean Biz has less of a classic catalog? Gza writing for ODB..Kurtis Blow Writing for the fat boys, Jay Z for Dre, Treach & Ice Cube for Eazy E, the list goes on.. stop hiding behind “Culture”, writing your own rhymes without collaboration isnt “the culture” of hip hop…
BOTTOM LINE is it CLASSIC SONG?! Sure it’s GREAT if the vocalist IS the writer, but NOT as important is it CLASSIC……. the ‘meek rapper’ doesn’t have ONE classic, no matter WHO da f*ck wrote it! & he’s bein’ PIMPED RAW by the fakest ‘rapper’ in HISTORY! Who STOLE a REAL G’s whole NAME, PERSONA, STREET CRED & EVERYTHING without even acknowledging him! The ‘fake Rick Ross’, ‘meek rappers’ & WHOLE ‘maycock’ garbage sewer has KILLED Hip Hop!
He called drake CB4 lol drake’s more like wacky D!
lol y’all angry. Drake is not gonna flop, no matter how much you wish he will. Sorry.
Because BS fans/stans like you will always buy BS. Fucking idiots!
Nah because BS fake thugs like you do t matter no more.. Drake is an detention of what kanye started.. That “hardcore” bullshit plaid out, only the fake gangsters still holding on to it.
The fake thugs having a field day lol. The funny part is niggas are secretly drake fans.. juz makes them feel hard to sleep on him on blogs smh. Funkmaster flex is GAY BTW
Yeh he dig dem trannies
Funkmaster flex a fake nigga.. When drake album drop he’ll be riding the dick again smh. If he had those reference tracks all this time why he never drop 1?. Cuz he straight up pussy, waited for another nigga to throw the first stone. #Weakshit
Lol isn’t this DJ pushin 50? Nigga old as fuck and he still actin like he half his age… lmao! RETIRE
These dudes sound bitter as hell
Flex has always been a hater….sad little cunt
aj always been a cunt, sad little hater.
meek cud use sum miller 2 lol..his lyrics suck
Flex was here long before Drake and he’ll be here long after too
All / most of the top commercial rappers have or have used a gohst writer.. same for r&b….shit dj’s be stealing and re doin niggas mixes blends and scratches who the fuck cares. …..like puff said… even if i dont write it i recite it well!!!
Titter
class
HONESTLY DRAKE IS A GD DUDE WITH HIS HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HE HAS HAD A GD RUN OF IT. HOWEVER, DRAKE HIMSELF IS UNAWARE THAT HE IS JUST A PUPPET! I REALIZED THIS WHEN EVERY TIME HE WAS BACKED INTO A CORNER WE NEVER HEAR FROM HIM ITS ALWAYS HIS PRODUCER THE 40 GUY. MAYBE DRAKE IS AN UNKNOWING INDUSTRY PLANT. HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW IT.
HIP HOP IS AT A CROSSROADS. (AGAIN….. SIGH) PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE A SIDE. REAL HIPH OP IS WHATEVER THE STREETS SAY IS HIP HOP NOT THE INDUSTRY. NO OTHER ARTFORM HAS THE SAME HONESTY, ENERGY, YOUTHFULNESS ENSHRINED IN ITS MAKEUP LIKE HIP HOP. IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST VALUABLE MUSICAL ARTFORM BECAUSE IT GOES AGAINST NORMAL WORLD STANDARDS. IT VALUES TRUTH WHILE OTHER MUSIC VALUES GRAND ROLEPLAY, IT VALUES TOGETHERNESS WHILE OTHER FORMS VALUE SELF CAPITALISM. THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY HIP HOP IS INVALUABLE.
DRAKE SINCE HE HAS BEEN OUT HAS EMBODIED MANY THINGS THAT WERE NOT INTRINSICALLY HIP HOP ( HE IS NOT THE ONLY BLACK OR WHITE HIP HOP ARTIST THAT HAS). SEE RICK ROSS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT EMINEM. ( IWILL TALK ABOUT EM WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT). hOWEVER HE IS ONE OF HIP HOPS MOST FAMOUS AND TRENDIEST RIGHT NOW SO WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HE IS AWARE OF THE BURDEN HE CARRIES. YES FLEX IS NOT PERFECT BUT THE MESSAGE HE STATING IS RELEVANT!
IT HURTS FOR SO CALLED FANS OF DRAKE BUT TRUTH IS TRUTH! AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE F HIP HOP. HIP HOP HAS HISTORICALLY PURGED THOSE WHO INACCURATLEY REPRESENTED THE CULTURE. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.
Id like to see where its wriiten that DMC wrote all of RUNs ryhmes … Sounds like its being used as a crutch to justify Drakes alleged ghostwritten rhymes … Most lyricists will never be top sellers in rap because the game is motivated by the young so when most rappers reach a respectable age they get tossed into raps so called graveyard … Thats why hip hop will never die !! Most young cats move on to the next song after only a few weeks of it because most of these alleged hits lacked the substance to carry it over a 20 year period …. Thats why your Rakims , Redmans , and Das Efx still can tour today and still produce independent product while you young cats continuously blog they old or no one listens to this . I can honestly say I learned from listening to the greats rather it was english , mathematics , or religion . For some strange reason when I listen to most of whats leading the charts nowadays I get a lot of rappers trying to out do each other with the same subject matter …. Basically this is the era of BEATING A DEAD HORSE !!!
I don’t see flex getting at the OG fat joe for ghost written tracks.. fat joes a g.o.a.t. fuck off flex. drakes a hoe, weeknd bout to blow.
Hate to say it but I agree with Flex, and I generaly can’t stand that annoying obnoxious ass nigga but he right in this instance.
FLEX GETTN MAD IN HIS OLD AGE/FLEXN HIS ASS IN A HOE WAY/MEEK MAD CUZ HE GOT NO PLAY/TRUTH BE TOLD WHO GIVE A FUCK WHAT A HOE SAY
When the dust settles, Drake gonna sell even more albums while Meek Mill gonna be dumped by Nicki.
Let’s fucking go FLEX! I like this obnoxious, disrespectful attitude.
Let all these young fuckers know who’s been in the game the longest. Before Meek before Drake. Flex has seen it all. Show some fucking respect. The same station that used to MAKE artists can kill them off, too! Or at least motivate them to be a better artist! SHIT!
New York, stand up.
MADCHILD is still the best rapper from Canada! All Day